Former Damariscotta Police Chief Steve Drake will receive a severance package consisting of over four months’ salary and partial benefits.

Bristol’s property tax (mil) rate, already low by Lincoln County standards, is now even lower.

A serious traffic collision on Rt. 1 in Nobleboro has resulted in injuries to one or more of the individuals involved, according to Lt. Rand Maker, of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

Around 6 p.m. June 14, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies and Boothbay Harbor Police apprehended a Boothbay man wanted for sexual assaults involving two teenaged girls.

The Bristol Board of Selectmen awarded a major paving project to Lane Construction Corporation at their June 22 meeting.

The Wiscasset Police Dept. report the following:

AccidentsJune 16, Sgt. Kathy Williams responded to an accident involving Helen E. Nasberg, 82, of Augusta, who was traveling north on Gardiner Road when she hit Charles Preyer, 86, of Wiscasset, who was walking onto the Gardiner Road from his driveway. No damage to Nasberg’s vehicle. Police reported Preyer conscious and breathing at the scene. No additional information on extent of injuries.

With the passage and the signing into law by Gov. Paul LePage of LD 422, Lincoln County has stopped legal proceedings against Sagadahoc County over inadequate funding levels for operation of the Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.

Lincoln baseball rained out at Yarmouth, Lincoln softball falls in nine innings.

Brandon G. Nichols, 22, Waldoboro, operating vehicle without license, $150; operating vehicle without license, $300.

A fourth man faces 16 burglary and theft charges, including 13 felonies, in connection with a string of burglaries in 2009 and 2010.

Damariscotta will recount votes cast in the June 14 municipal election at the request of challenger Josh Pinkham.

After a four-month investigation, state and local law enforcement arrested four men in Knox County last month they say constitute a “heroin-prescription drug distribution ring.”

For those looking for a culinary diversion off the well-beaten path of lobster rolls and fried seafood, Harvest Moon Pizza in Damariscotta may have just the thing this summer.

In what is being billed as an experimental measure by the town and DOT, the Wiscasset Police Dept. will begin directing traffic in the downtown area July 10.